It's not just that most of our spells are alterations that you want to make
this your primary specialization. The spells you will be tossing in combat
will be mainly alterations. That is why alteration should be the primary
specialization. My method for specialization has been to put one point into
alteration specialization, wait till it hits 49 or 50 (took most of the way
to 21 or even just past), then go back to the nearest guild and put one
point in all the others and one more in alteration. I don't have an hour or
two to sit around and do nothing in the game, so this worked good for me. I
also noticed that the lower level alteration spells almost never raised the
skill whereas with the higher level spells it seemed to go up more often.

Lozi ~Hand of Chaos~ CT

>
> What they said.
> Definitely put a point into each Specialize skill (one for each spell
> skill) and then make sure you stop casting any spells other then the one
> you want to eventually Master at about skill 40. The reason is that you
> want them all and that you cant get one above 50 until you have at least
> put a point into each of them.
> I also recommend Alteration. At the present time Baelsih at Castersrealm
> is the only one who has a good page for viewing spells by skill type. So
> look at your spell list or hit his site and then view by the different
> categories to see what spells you like and the skill they fit in.
> You will find that most of our spells are Alteration.
> Since Specialization will reduce mana cost if it works it should be for
> spells you will cast often and when your mana may run out. For example
> combat spells or enchantments.
>
> Stonedreamer
>